{"id":29742,"date":"2026-02-19T20:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29742"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:47:33","slug":"hollywoods-blurry-awards-honour-background-actors-as-they-battle-ai-and-invisibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29742","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood\u2019s \u2018Blurry\u2019 awards honour background actors as they battle AI and invisibility"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wearing an impeccable blue suit, Daniel Armella steps into the spotlight to receive an Oscar-shaped statuette.<\/p>\n

Except that instead of being covered in gold, this trophy for Hollywood\u2019s best extras is made of plastic.<\/p>\n

It is a minor detail for Armella, a background actor in the crime comedy series High Potential,<\/em> who is as excited to get the nod as a film star receiving an Academy Award.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards, a ceremony held at the Broadwater Theatre in LA in parallel with Hollywood\u2019s glitzy award season \u2013 but for those anonymous people who fill your screens every day.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Armella speaks after receiving the award for the best male single camera stand-in at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards ceremony. Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series The Pitt<\/em><\/span>, the agents guarding a crime scene in NCIS<\/em> or, like Armella, work as \u201cstand-ins\u201d for stars.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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